Re: If I have a wiring error, I simply can’t find it…

[frankr]

OK, let’s put on the thinking cap and imagine some unlikely scenario. Suppose kill switch is open and coil #1 is firing normally. Now we close the kill switch, which connects coil #1 and points #1 to ground through coil #2 and points #2, in parallel . That shorts out #1 and it quits firing.

Now, suppose points #2 are not closed as Bill suggests. The kill switch is still connecting #1 to ground via the primary winding of coil #2, and #1 should stop firing. What if the the primary winding of coil #2 has an unusually high resistance? Normal is around an Ohm or less. I have seen reports of some aftermarket coils having higher than "normal" resistance readings. Would that higher resistance be enough to fail to sufficiently ground out #1?
I do not have the answer to that one.

But still—even if coil #2 has that imagined high resistance, the #2 points should still be shorting to ground when closed.

Something for an EE to ponder on.